Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Criticism Of The Experiment
Despite its apparently dramatic effects, the experiment was widely criticized as being unethical and bordering on unscientific. Critics i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Comparisons To Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
The human rights abuses that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison, under the authority of the American armed forces in the aftermath of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Conclusions
The experiment's result has been argued to demonstrate the impressionability and obedience of people when provided with a legitimizing id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Background
See also Abu Ghraib Prison under Saddam Hussein; Abu Ghraib Prison under the U.S.-led coalition During the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse
Beginning in 2003, there occurred numerous instances of abuse and torture of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq (aka. Baghda...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Media Reporting Begins
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - 60 Minutes II broadcast and aftermath. In late April 2004, U.S. television news-magazine 60 Min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Reactions
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse - Response of U.S. Government officials. U.S. President George W. Bush decried the acts and conte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - U.s. Policy On Interrogations And Torture
Reaction from the U.S. administration characterizes the Abu Ghraib torture scandal as an isolated incident uncharacteristic of American a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Ongoing News
In September 2005, U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ordered the release of new Abu Ghraib torture photos.[34] In December 2005, J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse: Encyclopedia Ii - Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse - Background
See also Abu Ghraib Prison under Saddam Hussein; Abu Ghraib Prison under the U.S.-led coalition During the Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Goals And Methods
The study was funded by the US Navy to explain conflict in its and the Marine Corps' prison systems. Zimbardo and his team intended to te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stanford Prison Experiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Stanford Prison Experiment - Results
The experiment very quickly got out of hand. Prisoners suffered — and accepted — sadistic and humiliating treatment at the hands of t...   » Read the article